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Attorney General seeks recurring litigation funds and asks authority to award opioid settlement grants
Summary
The Attorney General’s office requested restoration of a recurring $10 million extraordinary litigation appropriation, additional funds for organized retail crime and multi‑county grand juries, and authority to distribute opioid‑abatement grants from accumulated settlement funds.
The Attorney General’s office asked the Appropriations and Budget Committee to restore a recurring $10 million appropriation for extraordinary litigation and to continue authority to issue opioid‑abatement grants from accumulated settlement funds.
Carolyn Thompson (director of government affairs) and Justin Wolf (Deputy Attorney General, policy) told the committee the $10 million item has been part of the office’s budget historically and funds a range of litigation priorities, including multi‑state suits challenging federal actions, pharmaceutical litigation such as…
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